VIDEO: A 68 Year Old Kick Boxing Granny Steps Into the Ring to Fight a 24 Year Old MMA Fighter and…

At least it was a 24-year old female MMA fighter. And at least the grandmother wasn’t coerced into stepping in that ring. In fact, she made a big show of saying that “age is just a number” before going in there, so perhaps a dose of reality might actually be useful and instructive here.

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Colorado-based mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion, Sparta Combat League, just took the cake when it comes to putting on mind-boggling fights. And we’re not talking about a“soccer mom” making her MMA debut against a trained fighter.

No ma’am, were talking about a 68-year-old grandmother taking on a 24-year-old fighter with 3-2 record. And as you can see in the video embedded above (via Middle Easy), Laura Dettman (24) didn’t take it easy on Ann Perez (68), inflicting some vicious ground-and-pound until the referee finally stepped in to put a halt to the punishment early in round one

The video isn’t all that gory, but it does make you wonder – who decided this would be worth watching?